homestead
英['h??msted]
美['homst?d]
- n. 宅地；家園；田產(chǎn)
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?homesteads;
助記提示
1. In U.S. usage, "a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family".
中文詞源
homestead 家園，農(nóng)莊
home,家，stead,農(nóng)莊。
英文詞源
- homestead (n.)
- Old English hamstede "home, town, village," from home (n.) + stead (q.v.). In U.S. usage, "a lot of land adequate for the maintenance of a family" (1690s), defined by the Homestead Act of 1862 as 160 acres. Hence, the verb, first recorded 1872. Homesteader also is from 1872.
雙語例句
- 1. When we reached the homestead and were sitting on the stoep drinking our coffee, we heard that Richard had left quite suddenly and had gone back to England.
- 當(dāng)我們趕到范·倫斯堡家,坐在他們家屋前的門廊上喝咖啡時, 卻聽說理查德已經(jīng)不辭而別回英國去了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The daylight revealed the whole of Mr. Melbury's homestead.
- 白日的天光,把麥爾布禮先生的整個產(chǎn)業(yè)都展現(xiàn)在人們面前.
來自辭典例句
- 3. He was a survival from the days when Gile's father held the homestead.
- 他是當(dāng)初還由基爾的父親掌管家業(yè)那個時代的一個幸存者.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Could we just wait until he's done with the homestead act chapter?
- 能等到他講完宅地法那章再走 嗎 ?
來自電影對白
- 5. Moreover land contracting right of management circulation and homestead circulation question.
- 再如土地承包經(jīng)營權(quán)的流轉(zhuǎn)和宅基地的流轉(zhuǎn)問題.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)